Psychology Quotes by Tom Robbins

Minds were made for blowing.

— Tom Robbins

The enemy is the tyranny of the dull mind.

— Tom Robbins

Meditation... dissolves the mind. It erases itself. Throws the ego out on its big brittle ass.

— Tom Robbins

A child's mind is its living room; it's is going to be residing there for the rest of its earthly existence.

— Tom Robbins

A lot of my work comes from what in Asia is called the 'mind of wonder.' There is not a lot of…

— Tom Robbins

Don't talk about it - you'll talk it away. Let the ideas flow from your mind to the page without exposing them…

— Tom Robbins

Fire is the reuniting of matter with oxygen. If one bears that in mind, every blaze may be seen as a reunion,…

— Tom Robbins

Certainly that sputterless little candleflame of the mediocre mind known as 'common sense' has never produced anything worth celebrating.

— Tom Robbins

“How different conditions would be today in the Middle East, how much saner and safer the entire earth might be, had those…

— Tom Robbins

It's good to bear in mind that like it or not, enlightenment has always been, even in a golden age, pretty much…

— Tom Robbins

And what would our ideas of God, of religion, be like if they had come to us through the minds of women?…

— Tom Robbins

What bothers most critics of my work is the goofiness. One reviewer said I need to make up my mind if want…

— Tom Robbins

The world is a wonderfully weird place, consensual reality is significantly flawed, no institution can be trusted, certainty is a mirage, security…

— Tom Robbins

“The ones who’re so upset about everybody not being the same, about competition, about standards of quality, about art objects having ’auras’…

— Tom Robbins

“There are three mental states that interest me. These are: one, amnesia; two, euphoria; three, ecstasy. Amnesia is not knowing who one…

— Tom Robbins

“Is this blasphemy, my lord?" "I think not. Those who crafted me, be they gods or demons, crafted this mind that shapes…

— Tom Robbins

“even though the mind of humanity was ultimately one mind, still, each and every single individual had to establish his or her…

— Tom Robbins

That's the way the mind works: the brain is genetically disposed towards organization, yet if not controlled, will link even the most…

— Tom Robbins

Most really good fiction is compelled into being. It comes from a kind of uncalculated innocence. You need not have your ending…

— Tom Robbins

“Meditation,” said his teacher, “hasn’t got a damn thing to do with anything, ‘cause all it has to do with is nothing.…

— Tom Robbins

“We live now in an information technology. Flowers have always lived in an information technology. Flowers gather information all day. At night,…

— Tom Robbins